Raise Your Hand If You Remember Kula Shaker
Think a little harder, those of you with your arms by your sides. Back in '97, they had a huge UK single with the infectious (I adored it at the time), 'Tattva', which became a buzzworthy video on MTV, here in the States. The album it was lifted from was entitled K.Alternative radio played the song a decent amount during that year.... Oh hell, just watch the video.
Now do you remember? Good. Seems like Kula Shaker is b-b-b-back, for the first time this side of the '00s (looks odd in print, doesn't it?). The Tripwire is reporting that the guys are hard at work on their third album and they are keeping fans updated on its progress through this (MP3) podcast. Since the '90s, Kula Shaker has sadly, severed all contacts with the existing record labels they were affiliated with, internationally. However, Japan has shown some immediate interest in the new project, which somehow doesn't surprise me,and will be the first to release the album this spring. Guess this one will have to be an import-only purchase, folks.
Kula Shaker official site/Kula Shaker Myspace
Labels: kula shaker, video, youtube
posted by m | 8:10 AM
6 Comments:
God! I remember leaving the record store in Portree clutching my copy of K back in the day... Although it's not long after that I remember reading that K and Oasis' Be Here Now were the most common two records you would find in second hand stores...
Now raise your hand if you remember The Shirehorses piss-take of Kula Shaker's only hit, replacing the lyrics to Taatva (or whatever) with something along the lines of 'chicken tikka poppadum talaal'.
who woulda guessed we'd even have arguments on this site about KULA SHAKER!!??
i love it
The other thing I remember enjoying about Kula Shaker was someone from the (eye-wateringly posh) lead singer's family saying of the group: 'Oh I think it's so sweet that Crispin is pretending to be common.'
Yes, Crispin. Crispin the rock star.
Oh hurrah! I'd love a bit more of Kula Shaker. Just someone tell Crispin it's still not a good idea to have swastikas, of any size, on stage.
good LORD the Shire Horses! heheh!
mark radcliffe is such a legend! bring back Mark and Lard!
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Govinda! i remember seeing them perform that at Glastonbury back in '97... that was probably my favourite performance apart from Supergrass... oh, those were the days!
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